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I Actually Feel Sorry For Lucas


He could have succeeded in legitimate business very well, as he obviously had the right head for business.
He reminds me of such people as Capone, who also had such a talent for business that there was no real reason for him to stick to crime.

God is subtle, but He is not malicious. (Albert Einstein)

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Yes, and what does that say about so-called "Legit business" that the kind of personality which thrives is basically a psychopath?

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So yeah, that's how I feel anyways

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That's a great comment.

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he's scum. who cares

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nah...

“The picture is 1 percent reality and 99 percent Hollywood,” Johnson says. “Frank was illiterate, Frank was vicious, violent. Frank was everything Denzel Washington was not.”

http://www.today.com/id/22716542/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/american-gangster-more-fiction-fact/#.V6zb9WN2BFI

"Call me Winston."

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The movie showed Denzel could be very violent when he had to be.

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